Couch.



B. WBINBERG.

o'oucn. APPLICATION FILED Km. so, 1906.

PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COUCH.

To all whom it may concern.-

' at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Couches, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention pertains to a couch, and has for its object to simplify the construction thereof and to providethe same with a spring-mattress, so as to dispense with any other cushioning means.

The arrangement of the mattress forms the main feature of-the present invention, and I wish to reserve the right to use this mattress not only with the couch in connection with which it is shown and described, but also separately for beds, chairs, or the like.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar referenceletters denote corresponding parts, and in which Figure 1.is a side elevation of my couch; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a rear view thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the mattress.

The couch consists of a frame formed of a U-shaped rail a, to which one pair of legs bis attached by means of ordinary elbow-joints c, and of a frame d, the upper part of which may be bent rearward to form the head part and the lower part of which forms the second pair of legs e. This frame 01 is secured to the frame a by similar elbow-joints 0. Over the longitudinal rails of the frame a and the head part of the frame d an ordinary wire-netting f is stretched. The upper part of the wirenetting stretched over the head-frame may be attached to coil-springs g, suspended from the transversal piece of the frame (1.

Interwoven with the meshes of the basenetting f are upwardly projecting spiral springs h, which preferably are made wider at their top and narrower at their bottom. On

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1906. erial No. 308,998-

Patented Oct. 30, 1906 top of the springs 72. a stuffed mattress i, a cover, or a wire-nettin may be placed. The springs are constructe as follows: The lower end of the spiral spring h is extended in form of a tail k-and is bent zigzag to correspond with the bending of the meshes of the wirenetting and is provided with a hook Z. The springs are placed to rest upon the knots j of the meshes. The tail of the spring is interwoven with the meshes and connected with the neighbor spring by means of the hooks Z.

Instead of using single springs double springs m can be arranged of an integral piece of wire. The connecting-piece n of the double spring is also bent zigzag similarly to the tail of the single spring to correspond with the meshes of the wire-netting and to allow of it being interwoven with the meshes of the latter. In the example shown I use single and double springs, arranging one double spring at one end of each transversal row and connecting the same at its bottom with the single springs of the same row or with,

those of the longitudinal row.

The upper ends of the springs of the various rows may be connected with each other by wire pieces, chains, or the like to hold the springs in upright position.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a frame, of a wirenetting and spiral springs interwoven with the meshes of the latter, the bottom end of said springs being extended and bent zigzag to correspond with the meshes of the netting, a hook. formed at the free end of said extended part, to allow the connection of the individual springs with each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERTHOLD WEINBERG.

Witnesses:

MAX D. ORDMANN, JOHN T. OARMonY. 

